“Girls Media Academy 1.0” Project (Ukraine)

This is a tool that will help you become more resistant to misinformation and manipulation, as well as gain a comprehensive understanding of how media and blogging work in Ukraine. Graduates of the project will receive not only basic knowledge in the relevant fields, but also learn to highlight socially important issues, such as gender inequality, climate change, body shaming and much more.

The “Girls Media Academy 1.0” project was founded by the NGO “Women’s League” with the support of the Representative Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ukraine.

In today’s world, where information and the speed of its transmission play a decisive role, media and communications have become key elements of everyday life. The ability to critically assess a situation and create quality content is an extremely important skill for young people, especially those who seek to influence and change society.

Project Components

• 20 online meetings (10 informative and 10 practical)
• Creative tasks between meetings (individual and team)
• Mentoring support for team creative tasks
• Interactive for getting to know each other and team building
• Additional resources for deeper independent study of each topic
• Community of support and development in Telegram
• Contest of journalistic materials, the best of which will be published in partner media
• Competition of socially-oriented materials for publication in social networks, the author of one of which will receive a one-time grant in the amount of UAH 3,000 from the NGO “Women’s League” for the purchase of additional educational materials/courses on a topic relevant to the topic of the project
• Internship in the editorial office of the media partner of the project – the online magazine “Ukrainka”
• A two-day study visit to Kyiv for the most diligent female graduates (20 people) with a visit to the media editorial office, a discussion on the development of journalism and blogging in Ukraine, as well as workshops on public speaking and the development of creative thinking

Who is this project for?

• For girls aged 18-21 from all over Ukraine who are studying at a college or university in a specialty not related to journalism or communications (for example, studying history, sociology, economics, IT, etc.).
• For active and ambitious girls who aspire to become changemakers with the help of words.
• For girls who want to qualitatively expand their circle of communication and get into the environment of similarly motivated young people.

For more information, visit Women’s League.